Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 109 June to November 1904 . olored woman, hav-ing been forced to leave her brutal hus-band, often threatened to obtain a divoce. One day, however, she surprised her mis-tress with this information: Miss Marion, I understan dat dat hus-ban o mine is gwine ter git a divoce fromme, down in Virginia, an ef he wants it Ima-gwine ter let him git it. What in the world can he get a divorce The Call \X /HEN summer bourgeons on the hill,* * And in the river fishes leap;When Jo the ploughman slumbers tillThe drowsy birds begin to peep,—Then well away,To seek the spiri
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 109 June to November 1904 . olored woman, hav-ing been forced to leave her brutal hus-band, often threatened to obtain a divoce. One day, however, she surprised her mis-tress with this information: Miss Marion, I understan dat dat hus-ban o mine is gwine ter git a divoce fromme, down in Virginia, an ef he wants it Ima-gwine ter let him git it. What in the world can he get a divorce The Call \X /HEN summer bourgeons on the hill,* * And in the river fishes leap;When Jo the ploughman slumbers tillThe drowsy birds begin to peep,—Then well away,To seek the spirit of the dayIn woodland deep. Where bees are crooning merrily, And honey oozes in the cell,Where cocks are calling cheerily, And lambkins romp, and bullocks dwell,There let us go,That we may raise the veil and knowDame Nature well. Where barnyard clamor ebbs apace, And Bet the milkmaid fills her while she turns to scan the placeIf Jo the ploughman be in hail,—Ah, lets away!To dream by night and laugh by day,Ere life grow stale. Louise Morgan A Connoisseur Mr. Quickrich (showing his new picture). Aint that nobby, professor? And alltrunk-painted / Spirit vs. Letter TAMES, asked his mother as she was*J getting him ready for Sunday-school, have you forgotten that verse I taught youyesterday? James, who had just turned six, had amemory like his father (and that was avery bad one—so said Jamess mother). Shehad picked out next to the shortest verse inthe Bible—It is I; be not afraid!—andhad attempted to teach it to James, who wasto repeat it when his teacher should call theclass roll. Now, James darling, let me hear yourverse, coaxed his mother as she struggledwith the last button of his waistband. James studied very hard for a second,and brightened perceptibly — he gazedstraight into his mothers eyes and shoutedtriumphantly, Its me—dont git skeered! C. H. His Preferences O OBERT had been taught to eat what was1\ set before him without any
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